Space Ark Reboots the 80's Arcade Genre on XBLA

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Classiac arcade game being revived for Xbox Live Arcade.

By IGN Staff

Films franchises like Batman and Star Trek have undergone the reboot process and rumours abound that the Tomb Raider game franchise is due for a reboot to. Now Strawdog Studios are rebooting an entire genre... the classic 80s arcade game, with their latest title Space Ark for Xbox 360 Live Arcade. If arcade games such as Rainbow Island, Bubble Bobble and Arkanoid were being invented for the first time today, what would they be like? Obviously they would run on modern hardware (Xbox 360 Live Arcade), have High Definition 3D graphics and 5.1 surround sound but the core of what made those games great would remain.

Space Ark is a fun arcade game featuring cute characters (the Arkonauts), wacky bonuses and fruit (every good arcade game must have fruit) plus bonus levels, more fruit, power-ups, extra lives and yet more fruit. Players must help the Arkonauts repair damaged planets by bouncing them into the air and bagging the DNA combos, power-ups and all the fruit you can catch in order to repair planets that have been damaged by a wandering black hole.

Space Ark has been co-financed by EM Media through European Regional Development Fund Finance, invested in Strawdog Studios' sister company Bounce Entertainment Software Limited.

About Strawdog Studios Ltd. Strawdog Studios is an independent game developer founded in 2003 and based in Derby, UK. The Strawdog Studios team develop both original games and contract/licensed games for Xbox 360/XBLA, PS3/PSN, Wii, PC and iPhone. In addition to "Space Ark" the team have previously developed arcade title "Geon" (XBLA & PSN) as well as a number of contract projects using our cross-platform technology. For further details of the company, products or services please see www.strawdogstudios.com.

About EM Media EM Media is the Screen Agency for the East Midlands region of England. EM Media secures finance, nurtures talent, invests in success and stimulates growth and innovation ensuring East Midlands' digital content industries lead and compete globally.

EM Media has co-financed the first six films from Warp X, the low-budget digital studio including Bunny & the Bull, She, A Chinese and All Tomorrow's Parties.

EM Media has also co-financed the development and production of games and virtual worlds including Space Ark, Hunter's World, mixm8, Beauty Salon, Geon: Emotions, Bugs of War, Manifest and Spell Souls. www.em-media.org.uk